I am sympathetic to your position as a nurse. I have some experience myself as a former combat medic and also working in a Mash type unit in a war zone. Anxiety is described as intense fear resulting from anticipation of a threatening event. No?
Well, I can tell you with certainty that millions have been affected with this syndrome since September 11, 2001. It further escalated after November of last year. People wake up every day to news that more and more of our fellow citizens have been laid-off from employment. People look at their financial statements and see that they have lost 40% of their wealth.
The world as they knew it is disappearing. One of the biggest companies in the world is bankrupt. (GM) The price of fuel is going up and inflation is rearing it's ugly head again.
All that being said, the USA has many reasons to have anxiety, and everybody wants everybody to be healthy. But we have to fix alot of things, especially the economy, before we tackle something as enormous as healthcare.